It’s been a good, long while since we’ve heard much of anything about the Halloween reboot, and longer still since the last movie debuted. But today comes a whole bunch of information, including confirmation on the director and — pause for dramatic effect — what this iteration will be about.

It appears that the Halloween franchise will see yet another rendition slash and stab its way to theaters. However, whatever you do, just don’t let the folks working on the film hear you call it a "reboot." In fact, they have a completely different and rather odd "r-word" that they're using to describe the new sequel.

We got to thinking about just how well the series held up in its seven film run. Which means it's our chance to turn the tables on Jigsaw and judge his works based on our own form of bias and vengeance.

Colton Haynes just won Halloween! The Arrow star dressed up as Princess Fiona from the Shrek films, and - as you can see in these photos - he clearly went above and beyond to make sure that he did the ogre justice.

P.J. Soles and John Carpenter weren’t breaking ground with the topless shot in a horror movie. In fact, according to this list by Complex, Soles ranks as No. 3 on a chart of classic horror nudity, topped only by Julianna Guill in the 2009 Friday the 13th reboot, and Susan Sarandon and Catherine Deneuve in 1983’s The Hunger.

Despite the fact that some truly stellar movies have been coming out since January, the 2014 box office is severely struggling - and the next big holiday on the calendar doesn't look like it will be helping things in the slightest. In fact, analysts are saying that this Halloween may be downright horrific for the movie industry.

If we've learned anything from the Halloween franchise, it's that Michael Myers just won't die. That appears to hold true for the long-running horror series as well, as yet another chapter in the saga is in the works and should be coming to a theater near you in the coming years.

Assuming The Next Chapter is indeed the film’s subtitle, what does it mean? Is this "chapter" from the book of Scout Compton’s Laurie Strode, who was last seen inside of a psych ward? Or is it a completely unrelated chapter in this twisted saga, freed from the continuity of both John Carpenter’s original storyline and Zombie’s trashified update?

Good day, invokers of all things ectoplasmic. It’s Memorial Day weekend, so while you’re honoring the brave men and women who keep our country safe, cozy up with some military-themed horror, like Jacob’s Ladder or Deathwatch, or something with Nazi zombies if that’s more your taste.

It’s been five years since Rob Zombie underwhelmed the majority of audiences with his second trip into the world of Michael Myers with Halloween 2, and The Weinstein Company apparently feels enough time has passed before moving forward with the next installment in the franchise, Halloween 3D,

Gerke is the sports anchor for Boise’s KIVI Channel 6 in Idaho. And last night, as shared by Deadspin, he did his sports cast in character as Ron Burgandy from the Anchorman films. From the moment he begins his segment picking his teeth and discussing the ribs he ate, it’s pure local-new gold.

Tomorrow night, cities and small towns across America will be overrun by masked children in search of candy, and cocktail-seeking adults dressed as sexy (insert any noun in the English language here). But we've got a peek into what you're likely to see out and about tomorrow...

As there are only a couple of days left until Halloween, it’s possible you might have already blown through all of your favorite horror movies while raiding the Internet for decoration ideas or while painstakingly stitching together your costumes. You might want something a little different from the stalk-and-slash antics of Jason Voorhies and Michael Meyers, or the endless line of zombie and vampire movies out there, and that’s what we’re trying to give you.

The world is full of mysteries, murders, and deeply disturbing true stories. So with Halloween just around the corner, we've decided to pitch a few true stories that seem perfect for a horror movie re-imagination of their own.

On a scariness scale of 1-10, the average of the group was 5.4, with a high of 7.5 and a low of 2. Hopefully that last person has a weird brother who doesn’t give up, no matter what. “I found it immensely more comical than scary,” said UCLA senior English major Ryan Eclarin. University of South Carolina student Savannah Walker said, “Honestly, it didn’t scare me. I wasn’t startled by any of it.

Encouraged by his new internship at a small movie production house as well as his excitement to hang out with Alonzo, and four other friends on Halloween, Derrick decides to document what they hope will be one wild night out. And of course it is, but not in the way they’d hoped.

If you’ve been keeping tabs, the fall TV season is upon us, which means there are a lot of last year’s TV sets hitting Blu-ray and DVD this week, again. While there are a few cable favorites sprinkled in like new Doctor Who and South Park sets, a lot of these are network shows.

Copies of John Carpenter’s Halloween are already available on both Blu-ray and DVD, but what makes the 35th Anniversary Edition a little more special is the cover art, which offers an especially creepy illustration by Jay Shaw. For the release, Anchor Bay Home Entertainment worked with cinematographer Dean Cundey on an all-new HD transfer of the film.

Many thanks to all the readers who entered our Halloween costume contest this year! We had a great time sorting through all the entries and imagining the awesome parties you were attending, either on actual Halloween last Wednesday or the weekend before. There are a lot of creative people among you, and some of these homemade costumes were so intricate and perfectly executed

The list of pop songs associated with Halloween isn't nearly as extensive as the one for Christmas, but if we were to list off some of the best spooky-tunes, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" would probably be at the top of the list. Those of you who are still nursing a post-Halloween candy hangover may need a little something to get you to lunch and we have just the thing.

There is a certain percentage of people out there who love dressing their babies/ little kids in overly complicated outfits. Given how often kids vomit, fall down and get into disgusting situations, I’ve never really understood this, except on Halloween. Every successful parent should put their little kid in at least one outlandish costume to show the kid when he or she grows up. Oh by the way, when you were two, you went as Gollum for Halloween.

A new study has discovered that all that heart pounding, pulse racing, gasping and screaming that we experience while watching horror movies kicks up the calories we burn by about a third. The University of Westminster says this means viewers of scary movies can burn nearly 200 calories over the course of a film, which is about the value of a chocolate bar.

Whatever the immediate effects, I've found that there's a more lasting impact horror has had on me, making me fear—or at the very least be wary of—a handful of things that recur in some of the most terrifying movies. Below I share the things I fear along with why I believe their impact is profound and universal.

Sure, Halloween isn't until next Wednesday, but we know how this holiday works. This weekend will be crammed with Halloween parties, and if you're a grown-up who's past the age of trick-or-treating, it will be your one chance to show off the awesome costume you've spent months planning (or threw together based on whatever was in your closet, depending on your style)

'Tis the season for scaring yourself silly, not only with horror offerings like Paranormal Activity 4 and Sinister in theaters, but with Halloween being a perfect excuse to dust off old favorite scary movies. But when you're marathoning the entire Halloween series, or just picking and choosing from among your horror favorites, you sometimes can't help but notice some annoying trends

We'll be writing a lot about the costume choices of movie fans in the coming week, as Halloween arrives and brings with it a lot of people-- adults and kids alike-- who want to dress up as their favorite characters from the big screen. But over at Fandango they've taken a poll of all the moviegoers likely to wear costumes this year

As much as the Halloween franchise has been dragged around over the years, with too many bad sequels and reboots to keep track of, there's a simple magic to John Carpenter's original film, with Michael Myers stalking Jamie Lee Curtis and everything at its basics. And now moviegoers who weren't around for the original 1978 release will have their chance to experience the horror on the big screen

From the sound of it, this deal could mean Halloween 3D will lose its proposed found footage approach, attached directing duo Todd Farmer and Patrick Lussier, (My Bloody Valentine, Drive Angry) and the use of 3-D. Basically, Platinum Dunes is considering a total tear down of the project

Our readers, being ever fantastic, came through admirably, submitting dozens of costumes of themselves, their pets, their kids, all in the kinds of costumes that would make any movie nerd smile. All of them will inevitably be having excellent trick or treating adventures tonight, but we had to pick three winners, and here they are in order of awesomeness, as voted by the Cinema Blend staff

Hopefully by now you've already gone shopping for the wig, false eyelashes, plastic helmet, full body suit or whatever else you need to create the perfect Halloween costume. If you're a movie fan, there's really no better excuse short of Comic Con to dress up as your favorite movie character and live someone else's life for a day. We know you guys have some killer costumes to share

In theory the Saw franchise wrapped up this Halloween, and that means there’s room for some other horror franchise to step in and take its annual place. Enter Paranormal Activity. The second entry in the fake found footage franchise

Scout Taylor-Compton commented on the status of H3D during a video chat. She explained that she was asked to return for the third film, but between the lack of a director and the feeling that the super fast tracked pace wouldn’t allow for a quality film, she opted to decline.

We've been genuinely amazed at the amount of entries we've received for our first-ever Halloween Costume Contest, not to mention how creative and crafty so many of them were. It was really difficult to pick the three winners

So, tomorrow’s Halloween, a time for prancing about, sure, but also a time for reflection. Fifteen years ago, I was out wandering the neighborhood like a Mormon Missionary, dressed in all black with a gaudy chain

Then I said what about…Blendcast on Thursday? She said I think I remember the greatness, and I said, well, that’s one thing we got. Brain’s in Dallas, Trevor’s in Chicago, Mack’s in Bloomington. We’ve got a stranglehold on the Heartland this week

There are still two more days to enter our Halloween Costume Contest, where we ask you to submit your best movie and TV character costumes from this year and years past. We wanted to highlight some of the best of the submissions so far

When you watch a horror movie, you’re on your guard but pop in a cartoon, thriller or even a comedy and your defenses are down leaving you susceptible to a quick scare or haunting concept that’s sure to prevent you from sleeping easy

That's right-- we're having a costume contest. Send in your best photos of your best costumes from years past, whether it's a storebought Indiana Jones whip and fedora or a completely hand-constructed to-scale model of R2D2 for your 4-year-old

Say what you want about the Saw VI marketing campaign, but at least they’re not in to wasting anyone’s time. The sequel’s first teaser trailer was only 52 seconds long and now the second one, the film’s first “full” trailer is even shorter. It’s only 50 seconds

So whose idea was it to start making awful horror movies in 3D as way to try to make them stand out from the handfuls of other awful horror movies? Whoever that person is, I’d like to give them a knuckle sandwich with a side of roundhouse kick steak

Halloween II may have come in third this weekend at the box office, but that isn’t stopping The Weinstein Company from planning yet another remake-sequel. They’ve announced a third movie to be titled Halloween 3D